{"id":25451,"date":"2014-09-11T22:55:53","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T14:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=25451"},"modified":"2014-09-11T22:32:35","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T14:32:35","slug":"drag-queens-a-transgender-bride-walk-betsey-johnsons-runway-with-same-sex-couples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/09\/11\/drag-queens-a-transgender-bride-walk-betsey-johnsons-runway-with-same-sex-couples\/","title":{"rendered":"Drag queens, a transgender bride walk Betsey Johnson\u2019s runway with same sex couples"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Betsey Johnson on the runway at the Betsey Johnson Fall 2012 fashion show. Photo by Nata Sha \/ Shutterstock.com.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NEW YORK\u2014Drag queens and a transgender bride romped down Betsey Johnson\u2019s runway Wednesday with same-sex couples, a few \u201cReal Housewives\u201d and the 72-year-old designer\u2019s TV dance partner in a fashion show that screamed JUST MARRIED!<\/p>\n

And, of course, Johnson did her traditional cartwheel and splits at the end, this time with one of her two adorable granddaughters.<\/p>\n

Johnson\u2019s New York Fashion Week shows are feel good from start to finish, always flirty and a bit raunchy.<\/p>\n

This time, she sent one of her brides down the runway in a short, see-through plastic outfit that revealed all up top. Her final bride threw a bouquet into the audience with a flourish, also half-clothed at the chest, but he was a guy.<\/p>\n

Tony Dovolani, Johnson\u2019s toothy \u201cDancing with the Stars\u201d partner, rollicked with the designer and her family before she was carried off by one of her models.<\/p>\n

Backstage, Johnson called the show a celebration of freedom in marriage. It\u2019s \u201ctrendy and transgendy,\u201d she bubbled. \u201cPre nup is a part of the whole\u00a0world\u00a0of straight brides, gay brides, transgender marriages, everybody getting married. Finally, freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some of her brides were rockers, starlets, harlots and hip-hop lovers in multicolored ruffles and foil-like tiers of silver and teal. A few, including Camille Grammer\u2014a former \u201cReal Housewives of Beverly Hills\u201d\u2014had strategically placed puffballs, pink in her case.<\/p>\n

Some stripped off layers of wispy seafoam skirts and the bridal looks for others had them ready for the honeymoon in nighties. She emblazoned tops in glittery \u201cPRE NUP,\u201d a message carried into chunky necklaces as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe clothes are my first shot at all kinds of brides,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cIt\u2019s been the most fun to work on this show. A lot of kind of new, more abstract ideas: see-through plastic dresses and dresses made out of scuba fabric and horse hair.\u201d<\/p>\n

Age hasn\u2019t slowed down Johnson one bit. The new season of \u201cDancing with the Stars\u201d begins Monday, Johnson and Dovolani included. She\u2019s nervous.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is unbelievably great,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cNow I will really go in panic mode. I know the routine. I\u2019m really good but I could forget in a second. Seventy-two-years-old. Grandma. It could just slip my mind, but I can\u2019t wait.\u201d<\/p>\n

AP writer Nicole Evatt contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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